Socratos Sign in

precario

precario is a Latin form of precarius, meaning “obtained by prayer; doubtful, precarious”. It is the dative singular masculine adjective or ablative singular neuter adjective or ablative singular masculine adjective or dative singular neuter adjective.

Found 33 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.5.59: … amertinis navem imperare ausus es; quo tempore in tanta inopia navium tantaque calamitate provinciae, etiamsi precario essent rogandi, tamen ab iis impetraretur. reprimebat enim tibi et imperandi vim et rogandi conatum praeclara …

All forms of precarius (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.